Improvement in packages for oysters, clams



tilniitli see T tied dffitt MORGAN W. BROWN, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 113,395, dated April 4, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN PACKAGES FOR OYSTERS, CLAMS, &c.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concernv compound of glycerine and caustic potash, or by any other compound which will produce the desired effect,

in such a manner that a cheap, convenient, and durable substitute is obtained for the tin cans generally used for putting up and transporting oysters and clams.

In carrying out my invention I take paper or cloth and treat the same with a compound of glycerine and caustic potash, or with any other compound or material which will render the paper orcloth'tongh, pliable, and impervious to air, water, or fat.

From the paperor cloth thus produced I make bags or packages of an'y'suitable form or shape, by preference in the form of paper bags, the edges of the paper or cloth being united by asuitable cement, and after these bags have been charged with oysters they are tied like flour-bags; or they may be scaled by securing in their mouth a tube or other material and stopping up said tube with cork or other suitable material, and they are ready for the market or for transportation,

By these means a package for oysters or clams is obtained which is much cheaper than the tin cans at present used for this purpose; and furthermore my 1 ackage can be opened and reolosed without trouble,

while the operation of opening a tin can is attended with some diiiiculty; and if such a can has been once opened it cannot be closed again, and its contents must be used up at once.

\Vhen my packages are empty they can be put up in a comparatively small space, and in many instances they may be returned to be recharged.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a package for oysters or clams made of paper or cloth, rendered tough, pliable, and impervious to air, water, or fat,

substantially in the manner set forth.

MORGAN W. BROWN.

XVitnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. 1*. KASTENHUBER. 

